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Yiddish Revolutionaries in Migration
The Transnational History of the Jewish Labour Bund
Series: Historical Materialism
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See moreA remarkable historical account of the lives and activities of members of the General Jewish Labour Bund, spanning decades and continents.
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This ground-breaking history of the General Jewish Labour Bund in migration investigates how the organisation transformed itself from a revolutionary protagonist in early twentieth-century Russia to a socialist institution of secular Jewish life and yidishkayt for Jews in North and South America.
By following thousands of activists' paths from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the working-class Yiddish neighbourhoods of New York and Buenos Aires, Frank Wolff traces the networks that connected these revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic, resulting in a richly detailed social history of this seminal transnational movement.
Yiddish Revolutionaries in Migration by Frank Wolff provides a compelling narrative of this transformation and its significant impact on Jewish socialist movements worldwide.
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Yiddish Revolutionaries in Migration by Frank Wolff delves into the historical and cultural significance of the Bund, offering insight into its spirit and soul. Reviewers praise the book for shedding light on this influential socialist movement and its impact on Jewish life and politics.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781642596069
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 December 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 532
About the Author
Frank Wolff, PD Dr. habil., is a historian and researcher at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrck University. His other publications include Die Mauergesellschaft: Kalter Krieg, Menschenrechte und die deutsch-deutsche Migration 19611989 (Suhrkamp, 2019) and What Is a Migration Regime? Was ist ein Migrationsregime? (Springer VS, 2018).
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